Deadly Explosions at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday
TANTA, Egypt — Suicide bombers attacked two Coptic churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday, killing at least 40 worshippers and police officers stationed outside, in the deadliest day of violence against Christians in the country in decades.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for both attacks in a statement via its Aamaq News Agency, having recently signaled its intention to escalate a campaign of violence against Egyptian Christians.
The first explosion occurred about 9:30 at St. George’s Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, 50 miles north of Cairo, during a Palm Sunday Mass. Security officials and a witness said that a suicide bomber had barged past safety measures and detonated his explosives in the front pews, near the altar. At least 27 people were killed and 71 others injured, officials said.
Deadly Explosions at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday
TANTA, Egypt — Suicide bombers attacked two Coptic churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday, killing at least 40 worshippers and police officers stationed outside, in the deadliest day of violence against Christians in the country in decades.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for both attacks in a statement via its Aamaq News Agency, having recently signaled its intention to escalate a campaign of violence against Egyptian Christians.
The first explosion occurred about 9:30 at St. George’s Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, 50 miles north of Cairo, during a Palm Sunday Mass. Security officials and a witness said that a suicide bomber had barged past safety measures and detonated his explosives in the front pews, near the altar. At least 27 people were killed and 71 others injured, officials said.
Original story HERE